--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Slot_Use.tex 2021/01/17 22:19:50 1.1
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Slot_Use.tex 2021/03/09 23:29:36 1.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-\label{Slot_Use}
+\label{Slot_Use}\index{slots}\index{reservations}
If you wish to restrict access to content in a course to particular IP address(es)
and/or dates, one way to do that would be to use the ``Client IP/Name Access Control'' parameter
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ and passphrase remotely into the user's
Lastly, slots can also be used as a reservation system, e.g., for office hours, where there
is no need for a student to actually submit anything to the assessment item for which access
is controlled by slots, but the time/date of the reservation itself made by a student to
-gain access is of value.
+gain access is of value.\\\\
\textbf{Course Coordinator View}
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ created. Slots can be created in two wa
choices to be made when configuring a slot.
\item By creating a comma-separated-value (CSV) file containing slot attributes and uploading
-the file using the Slot Management utility.
+the file using the Slot Management utility, see ``Uploading Slot Attributes File'' section (\ref{Slot_CommaDelimited}).
\end{itemize}
@@ -100,11 +100,12 @@ In the case of a student-schedulable slo
\caption{Parameter setting for student-schedulable slot}
\end{figure}
-Although a Course Coordinator can use parameter management tools to display the ``Slots of
-availability selected by student'' (availablestudent) parameter, those tools only allow it
-to be set for the scope of a specific user. In any event, there is no need to use those tools
-because the Slot Management Utility provides a mechanism to view a list of students who have
-reserved a slot, and to remove some or all of the reservations, as needed.
+Although a Course Coordinator can use either Settings $>$ Content Settings $>$ Edit Resource
+Parameters - Table Mode or Settings $>$ Content Settings $>$ Modify Resource Parameters -
+Overview Mode to display values set for specific users for ``Slots of availability selected
+by student'' (availablestudent), the preferred method is to use the Slot Management Utility.
+The utility provides the ability to view a list of students who have reserved a slot, and
+also to remove some or all of the reservations, as needed.
For student-schedulable slots, each slot includes a History link below the Edit link in the
leftmost column of the table of slots. The History link provides access to information about
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@ resource after the slot start time (whic
Conversely, if the student already has a reservation for this second slot for this particular
resource, then assuming IP-based restrictions are met, the student will either be shown a
proctor validation screen if the slot uses a proctor, or if not, will be checked-in
-automatically when displaying the resource.
+automatically when displaying the resource.\\\\
\begin{figure}
\begin{center}\includegraphics[width=0.65\paperwidth]{slots_proctor_validate}\end{center}